The Universe Is Unfolding As It Should.

The Great Spirals... Apparently Lie Outside Our Stellar System.

With Increasing Distance, Our Knowledge Fades, And Fades Rapidly. Eventually, We Reach The Dim Boundary-the Utmost Limits Of Our Telescopes. There, We Measure Shadows, And We Search Among Ghostly Errors Of Measurement For Landmarks That Are Scarcely More Substantial. The Search Will Continue. Not Until The Empirical Resources Are Exhausted, Need We Pass On To The Dreamy Realms Of Speculation.

Science Is The One Human Activity That Is Truly Progressive. The Body Of Positive Knowledge Is Transmitted From Generation To Generation.

There We Measure Shadows, And We Search Among Ghostly Errors Of Measurement For Landmarks That Are Scarcely More Substantial.

Astronomy Is Something Like The Ministry. No One Should Go Into It Without A Call. I Got That Unmistakable Call, And I Know That Even If I Were Second-rate Or Third-rate, It Was Astronomy That Mattered.